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TITLE / ENTITY / RELEASE / CAST / SYNOPSISTHE BROTHERS / Screen Gems / 3/23/01 / Bill Bellamy, Morris Chestnut, D.L. Hughley, Shemar Moore, Gabrielle Union / Dubbed "Refusing to Exhale," The Brothers follows the hilarious path of four African-American men as they take on love, sex, friendship and two of life's most terrifying prospects -- commitment and honesty.
Smart, successful and sexy, Jackson Smith (Morris Chestnut), Brian Palmer (Bill Bellamy), Derrick West (D.L. Hughley) and Terry White (Shemar Moore) are "The Brothers" -- lifelong friends banded together to weather love's innate terrors and occasional triumphs in this brazenly comic yet painfully true exploration of the battle between the sexes. Amidst the career track, basketball and bar hopping, "The Brothers' love women -- as many as possible -- but a shocking revelation tests their friendship and changes their dating habits forever.
TOMCATS / Revolution / 3/30/01 / Jerry O'Connell, Shannon Elizabeth, Jake Busey, Horatio Sanz, Bill Maher, Jamie Pressly / A group of buddies make a bet that could save Michael Delaney's (Jerry O'Connel) life. He owes a Vegas casino from a gambling spree and he needs the cash.
There is only one person standing in his way... Kyle (Jake Busey), a notorius womanizer and Michael's competition to win the bet, the money and his life back. It seems hopeless but Michael has a secret weapon... Natalie (Shannon Elizabeth).
TAILOR OF PANAMA / Columbia / 3/30/01 / Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine McCormack, Leonor Varela, Harold Pinter / Ruthless, seductive British spy Andy Osnard may have been banished to Panama, but he's got a secret weapon -- Harry Pendel, a Cockney ex-con who has re-invented himself as a popular tailor to the rich and powerful of the country. Harry is famous for his storytelling as well as his suits, but this time Harry's yarn will give the arrogant Osnard his comeuppance. A contemporary spy thriller based on John le Carre's hit 1996 book.
JOE DIRT / Columbia / 4/11/01 / David Spade, Dennis Miller, Brittany Daniel, Kid Rock, Adam Beach, Erik Per Sullivan / He's the wrong person, at the wrong place, at the wrong time.
Joe Dirt is a janitor with a mullet hairdo, acid-washed jeans and a dream -- to find the parents that he lost at the Grand Canyon when he was a belligerent, trailer park-raised, eight-year-old. Now, blasting Van Halen in his jacked-up economy car, the irrepressibly optimistic Joe hits the road alone in search of his folks.
As his wandering, misguided search takes him from one hilarious misadventure to another, Joe finds his way to Los Angeles, where a shock-jock brings Joe on his radio show to insult him. But as Joe's life story unfolds, jeers turn to cheers, and an entire captivated city tunes in to hear the adventures of Joe Dirt. "Life is a garden -- Dig it!"
THE FORSAKEN / Screen Gems / 4/27/01 / Johnathon Schaech, Kerr Smith, Brendan Fehr, Simon Rex, Isabella Miko, Alexis Thorpe, Phina Oruche / Driving cross-country to deliver a vintage Mercedes, Sean does the one thing he wasn't supposed to do -- pick up a hitchhiker. From that moment on, his road trip is transformed into a surreal and terrifying nightmare.
Sean's new companion, Nick, is not the laid back, aimless traveler he seems to be. He is a hunter. And his prey are a roving band of forsaken youths who feed upon hapless victims found in the dead of night -- in a word, vampires.
When Sean and Nick pick up the dazed and frightened Megan, whom the killers had left for dead, she becomes a human lure for the vampires. The stakes are raised when Sean himself is infected. The only cure for them is to kill the host organism, Kit, the vicious leader. It's a deadly race against time to escape the fate of their enemies -- joining the ranks of the insatiable dead forever.
TRUMPET OF THE SWAN / Tristar / 5/11/01 / Voices of: Jeffrey Schoeny, Carol Burnett, Jason Alexander, Reese Witherspoon / Based on E.B. White's classic 1970 children's book, story tells of a mute swan named Louis who becomes a famous jazz trumpet player to compensate for his lack of a natural voice. Aided by his father, who steals a trumpet for him, and by 11-year old Sam Beaver, a human friend, Louis is able to attract a mate and eventually return to the wilderness.
A KNIGHT’S TALE / Columbia / 5/11/01 / Heath Ledger, Alan Tudyk, Mark Addy, Laura Fraser, Paul Bettany, Shannyn Sossamon / A Knight's Tale is the rousing story of lowborn William Thatcher's quest to change his stars, win the heart of an exceedingly fair maiden and rock his medieval world.
A Knight's Tale finds William facing the ultimate test of medieval gallantry -- tournament jousting -- and trying to discover if he is the stuff of which legends are made.
Follow this fearless squire and his band of medieval misfits -- softhearted Roland, hot-headed Wat, Kate the blacksmith and an unknown writer named Geoff Chaucer -- as they careen their way toward impossible glory in a story that's past romance, part road trip, part exhuberant swashbuckler.
ANIMAL / Revolution / 6/1/01 / Rob Schneider, Guy Torry, Colleen Haskell, John C. McGinley, Michael Caton / From the producers of the comedy smash DEUCE BIGALOW: MALE GIGALO comes ANIMAL, about small wimpy Marvin (Rob Schneider), who doesn't have what it takes to fulfill his lifelong dream to be a cop. But his luck changes when he's critically injured in a car accident and a deranged scientist secretly uses animal organs to rebuild him. Energized by his new parts, Marvin leaves his weakness behind and achieves instant fame as a supercop.
Now a hero, life is going great for Marvin -- until his animal instincts start taking over his body at all the wrong times. Marvin struggles to remain civilized -- and be a perfect gentlemen with his new love, Rianna (Colleen Haskell of TV's SURVIVOR) -- in a series of hilarious situations that would drive any animal crazy.
BABY BOY / Columbia / 6/29/01 / Tyrese, Omar Gooding, Taraji Henson, A.J. Johnson, Snoop Dogg, Ving Rhames / Ten years after the release of the seminal Boyz N the Hood, acclaimed director John Singleton returns to the same inner-city L.A. neighborhood for the story of a misguided 20-year-old African American man, a "baby boy" facing the commitments of real life.
AMERICA’S SWEET-HEARTS / Revolution / 7/4/01 / Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, John Cusak, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Hank Azaria, Seth Green, Stanley Tucci, Christopher Walken / For Kiki (Julia Roberts), being the personal assistant to beautiful megastar Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) isn't easy. In fact, it's nearly impossible since the man of her dreams is Eddie (John Cusack), Gwen's estranged husband. The job gets even harder when Kiki is given the monumental task of helping Gwen and Eddie make it through a press junket organized by publicity exec Lee Phillips (Billy Crystal), lured out of retirement for one last go-round.
Eddie and Gwen are AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS, a superstar couple with the repartee of Heburn and Tracy and the off-screen relationship of Laurel and Hardy. Their lives, their impressive careers and now their upcoming divorce have always pushed Kiki into the background. But at this junket, that's all going to change. Eddie will soon be fair game and Kiki will do whatever it takes to get his attention. What results is a weekend capable of generating the kind of buzz Lee wasn't exactly looking for.
FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN / Columbia / 7/13/01 / Voices of: Alec Baldwin, Steve Buschemi, Peri Gilpin, Ming-Na, Ving Rhames, Donald Sutherland, James Woods / Blurring the lines between reality and computer animation, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is the first feature-length motion picture that brings vivid photo-realism to computer-generated, human characters. The thrilling, futuristic action-adventure pits the earth and its people against the ultimate enemy -- mysterious aliens that steal the energy from all living things on the planet.
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a cinematic breakthrough where the most sophisticated effects imaginable are invisibly woven into an unforgettable story about adventure, survival and the eternal spirit of mankind.
JOHN CARPENTER’S GHOSTS OF MARS / Screen Gems / 8/24/01 / Natasha Henstridge, Ice Cube, Jason Statham, Pam Grier, Clea Duvall / A harrowing tale of rescue and escape from a colonized Mars in the year 2025.
Long inhabited by human settlers, the Red Planet has become the manifest destiny of an over-populated Earth. Nearly 640,000 people now live and work all over Mars, mining the planet for its abundant natural resources. But one of those mining operations has uncovered a deadly mother lode: a long dormant Martian civilization whose warriors are systematically taking over the bodies of human intruders.
Lt. Melanie Ballard (Natashia Henstridge) of the Martian Police Force is on transport assignment to bring James "Desolation" Williams (Ice Cube), the planet's most notorious criminal, to justice. Williams has no plans to make Ballard's job easy, and what begins as a battle of force and wits between cop and criminal soon turns into something more fundamental: a battle for human survival in the realm of the Martian warriors. It's civilization against civilization as Ballard and Williams join forces in mortal combat with the GHOSTS OF MARS.
THE NEW GUY / Revolution / SUMMER TBA / DJ Qualls, Eliza Dushku, Zooey Deschanel, Lyle Lovett, Eddie Griffin / Nerdy high school senior Dizzy Harrison (ROAD TRIP's D.J. Qualls) has finally gotten lucky -- he has a second chance to be the guy with no past in THE NEW GUY, a hilarious story about wiping the slate clean and reinventing yourself.
Transforming from dud to stud at his new school with the help of inmate Luther (DEUCE BIGALOW's Eddie Griffin), geeky Dizzy becomes the cool "Gil Harris" and sets out to destroy the popularity-obsessed social system, boost school morale and win the heart of Danielle (BRING IT ON's Eliza Dushku), the gorgeous girl-next-door. Life as the new guy is great -- or is it?
Ed Decer, co-writer of the 1998 comedy hit THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, makes his feature film directorial debut with THE NEW GUY.
THE GLASS HOUSE / Columbia / 3rd QTR / Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane, Rita Wilson, Alice Hirson, Bruce Dern, Trevor Morgan, Stellan Skarsgaard, January Jones, Michael O'Keefe, Samuel L. Ball / When Ruby and her younger brother Rhett's parents, Grace and Dave Baker are killed in a car crash, their parents' best friends, Erin and Terry Glass become their guardians. Ruby and Rhett are promised a candy-coated world of opulence and California fun -- all they have to do is move into the Glass' gated house in picturesque Malibu. But in this taut psychological thriller, trust can be as transparent as The Glass House.
Before long, Ruby suspects that Erin and Terry may not be the ideal guardians they seem to be. But are her suspicions justified or merely the perceptions of a rebellious teen with a fertile imagination?
THE ONE / Revolution / 9/28/01 / Jet Li, Delory Lindo, Jason Statham / In a stunning dual role, international action star Jet Li portrays Gabriel Yulaw, a police officer confronted with a sinister form of himself escaped from an advanced, parallel universe and intent on killing Gabriel. His alter ego's hunt culminates in a fateful battle between good and evil that changes Gabriel's perception of reality and forces him to examine the evil hidden within himself.
In a story of perception altering possibilities, this action fil features riveting martial arts stunts and innovative special effects while asking the questions: What if you exist in a parallel universe? What would that say about your destiny?
RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS / Columbia / 10/19/01 / Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Brittany Murphy, Adam Garcia, Lorraine Bracco, James Woods, Sara Gilbert, Desmond Harrington, Peter Facinelli, Marisa Ryan / In director Penny Marshall's and producer Jim Brooks' first collaboration since the smash comedy "Big", "Riding In Cars With Boys" is the fresh, touching and unbelievably true story of writer Beverly Donofrio (Drew Barrymore, who ages from 15 to 35 in the role) and her often irreverent, always unique personal journey.
THE PANIC ROOM / Columbia / FALL / Jodi Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam, Jared Leto / Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman (Jodi Foster) and her young daughter Sarah (Kristen Stewart) play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.
HOW TO MAKE YOUR MAN BEHAVE / Screen Gems / FALL / Morris Chestnut, Vivica A. Fox / Talking to the audience through the "4th wall", a woman (Fox) who shows us her own set of rules to get her boyfriend (Chestnut) to stop his cheating ways...*
ADAPTATION / Columbia / FALL / Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper / "I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size," says Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage), a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing -- and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald (also Nicolas Cage). While stuggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," a book by Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep), Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. Orlean wants to know how it feels to care about something passionately as well -- especially after witnessing the fervor of John Laroche (Chris Cooper), the orchid poacher and the subject of her book, as he scours the Florida swamps for rare species fo the captivating flower.
Their lives become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others.
From the creators of Being John Malcovich comes Adaptation, an unusual comedy about the struggle for passion among a trio of lives floundering within the confines of everyday life.
LONE STAR STATE OF MIND / Screen Gems / FALL / Joshua Jackson, James King, D.J. Qualls / A young Texas mechanic (Jackson) tries to save a dim-witted relative from the mob. There's also something about the murderer of the mechanic's father, who's been in prison for 20 years, thanks to his testimony as a child. Finally, there's a petty thief (Qualls) who robs a pizza delivery boy who turns out to be a mobster...*
BLACK HAWK DOWN / Revolution / 11/2/01 / Josh Hartnett, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana / From famed producer Jerry Bruckheimer and acclaimed director Ridley Scott, Black Hawk Down is the harrowing true account of a group of elite U.S. soldiers sent into Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993 as part of a U.N. peacekeeping operation. Their mission: to abduct several top lieutenants of a Somalian warlord as part of a strategy to quell the civil war that is tearing away at the country. The carefully planned mission goes terribly wrong, resulting in the U.S. military's single biggest firefight since Vietnam.
Young Rangers and veteran Delta Force soldiers must fight side by side against overwhelming odds, trapped behind enemy lines until a rescue convoy can be mounted to retrieve them. During this crucible of fire tensions flare, friends are lost, alliances are formed, boys become men and soldiers learn the true nature of war and heroism.
ALI / Columbia / 12/7/01 / Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jeffrey Wright, Mario Van Peebles, Mykelti Williamson, Nona Gaye (Ron Silver, Paul Rodriguez, Jada Pinkett Smith) / With wit and athletic genius, with defiant rage and inner grace, Muhammad Ali forever changed the American landscape. Fighting all comers, Ali took on the law, conventions, the status quo and the war -- as well as the fists in front of him. Ali both ignited and mirrored the conflicts of his time and ours to become one of the most admired fighters in the world. Forget, now, what you thought you knew.
Behind Ali's seismic accomplishments, superstar Will Smith and Academy Award-nominated director/writer Michael Mann will take you into the heart and life of the boxer, the legend and, more importantly, the man.
He talked and danced. He fought and struggled. Ali shook the world.
ADAM SANDLER’S 8 CRAZY NIGHTS / Columbia / 12/14/01 / (Voices of...) Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Kevin Nealon and Tyra Banks / This animated musical brings to mind warm visions of that quinessential holiday star -- Adam Sandler. Sandler's first animated, feature-length film follows a pair of misfits -- 70 year old youth basketbal coach, Whitey, and wiseguy slacker, Davey (voiced by Sandler) -- who become unlikely buddies.
SPIDER MAN / Columbia / 5/3/02 / Toby McGuire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco / Based on Marvel Comic's "Spider-Man" the story revolves around Peter Parker, a teen who develops superhuman powers after being bitten by a radioactive spider.
MEN IN BLACK 2 (MIB2) / Columbia / 7/3/02 / Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones
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